Liu Xiu said: "I have already considered this issue. As long as the eldest brother does not keep the people he recruited, Zhen Fu will not know what the eldest brother has done."
Liu Yan was startled. If you don't keep the people you recruited, where should you keep them?
Before he had time to ask, Liu Xiu said seriously: "Brother can temporarily place the recruited brothers in Baishan!"
"oh?"
"The depths of the White Mountains are inaccessible. Hiding people in the White Mountains is absolutely safe! In addition, hiding in the White Mountains can also take the opportunity to train men and horses! A war is not won by just having a large number of people. As the saying goes, it is better to have more troops than more troops. Hundreds of well-trained elite soldiers are enough to defeat enemies several times or dozens of times on the battlefield!" As Liu Xiu spoke, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and the eyes of everyone present were unconsciously attracted to him.
Liu Yan only thought about it for a moment, clapped his paws fiercely, and praised with a smile: "Axiu's idea is very clever. Hiding people in the white mountains without showing the mountains and water, you can hide people's eyes and ears, and you can also conduct training. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone." ah!"
Deng Yu and Zhu You also nodded repeatedly, thinking Liu Xiu's idea was a good one.
Liu Xiu said: "The top priority now is to stabilize Zhenfu and create more time for our uprising! So this time, the eldest brother has no other choice. This time, I can only help Zhenfu to encircle and suppress the Green Forest Army!"
Liu Yan nodded thoughtfully and said quietly: "The Green Forest Army entrenched in Xinshi and Pinglin is not a good thing. Many of my Liu family's relatives were robbed by the Green Forest Army, and many of them came from Xinshi and Pinglin." Flee to Chung Ling."
Something was wrong with what his elder brother said. Liu Xiu waved his hand hurriedly and said seriously: "Brother, these are just small conflicts and problems. But in terms of justice, we are against recklessness and the Green Forest Army is also against recklessness. To put it bluntly, we and the Green Forest Army We are all in the same boat. Big brother is helping Zhen Fu to encircle and suppress the Green Forest Army. He only needs to pretend to show it to Zhen Fu, but he is not really going to fight against the Green Forest Army!"
Seeing Liu Xiu's nervous look, Liu Yan couldn't help laughing and said: "Axiu, are you really a foolhardy man when you become the eldest brother? Can't eldest brother still not see the right and wrong in this? There are Green Forest Army Containing the officers and soldiers will also be very beneficial to our future uprisings!"
Liu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief. It would be great for his elder brother to understand this. He smiled and said: "Brother, let's leave for Xinye as soon as it gets light!"
"Okay! I'll have someone prepare it!"
"Hey!" Deng Yu stopped Liu Yan and said: "General, please don't make preparations! For this trip, brothers should wear the shabbiest clothes and carry the shabbiest weapons. It is best not to take any weapons at all, empty-handed and hungry. Go to Xinye with your belly.”
The weaker and more unbearable they appear, the more they will dispel the doubts and loneliness in Zhen Fu's heart.
Liu Yan came to his senses and said with a smile: "Zhong Hua is still thoughtful! That's what we'll do!"
Liu Xiu, Deng Yu, and Zhu You took a short nap at Liu Yan's house. When it got daylight, the three of them followed Liu Yan and more than 700 "country warriors" and set off to leave Chongling and go to Xinye.
When Liu Jia saw Liu Xiu, he was startled and asked in surprise: "Axiu, aren't you in Xinye? When will you return to Chongling?"
Liu Jia is half an adopted son of the Liu family, and Liu Xiu and Liu Jia are naturally very familiar with each other. He said, "I returned to Chongling last night!" Liu Xiu then told Liu Jia the reason why he returned to Chongling. After Liu Jia heard this, he suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Bo Sheng suddenly took everyone to Xinye to help the county army suppress the rebellion. It turned out that his own expansion had aroused the suspicion of the prefect Zhen Fu.
He pondered for a while and asked: "Axiu, do you think the Green Forest Army will be annihilated by Zhen Fu this time to suppress the rebellion?"
Liu Xiu thought for a while, shook his head and said: "The Green Forest Army is highly likely to be defeated, but the possibility of being completely annihilated is very small."
Even though there were many Green Forest soldiers, in a head-on battlefield, the Green Forest Army, which had more than twice as many troops, might not be able to defeat the county army.
However, even if the Green Forest Army cannot defeat the county army, there is still no problem in running away. The Green Forest Army has always been active on the edge of Nanyang County. As long as the Green Forest Army withdraws from the boundaries of Nanyang, Zhen Fu is unlikely to lead the county army in a cross-county pursuit.
With Zhen Fu's personality, he only cares about whether the Nanyang County under his jurisdiction will be peaceful. As for whether there are rebels in other counties and whether there will be chaos, he is unlikely to meddle in others' affairs, let alone give any advice. The governors of other counties made wedding dresses.
Hearing this, Liu Jia breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That makes me feel relieved."
Liu Xiu smiled. His filial grandson brother had always been like this, with a simple and kind temperament.
To make a long story short, Liu Yan, Liu Xiu and their party set off from Chongling in the morning and arrived in Xinye smoothly in the afternoon.
After entering Xinye City, Liu Yan and Liu Xiu immediately went to the palace to pay homage to Zhen Fu.
Unexpectedly, I just said that casually at the banquet, and Liu Yan really came to Xinye, and he came so quickly.
Zhen Fu was very happy to hear the news of Liu Yan's arrival, and took the rare initiative to go out to greet him.
Seeing Zhen Fu coming out of the palace gate, Liu Yan and Liu Xiu quickly stepped forward, bowed their hands and saluted, and said in unison: "The little man Liu Yan (Liu Xiu) meets your lord!"
Zhen Fu laughed loudly, waved to Liu Yan and Liu Xiu, and said, "Bosheng, Uncle Wen, there is no need to be polite!"
As he spoke, he raised his head and looked behind Liu Yan and Liu Xiu. Well, there were seven or eight hundred people behind them. Most of the street was almost full. Looking around, , a dark place.
But taking a closer look, Zhen Fu almost laughed, angrily.
The people brought by Liu Yan were all in rags and patches. Perhaps because they were in a hurry, their heads and bodies were covered in dust. Their condition was not much better than that of refugees fleeing for their lives.
Looking at the weapons in their hands, some were carrying hoes, some were carrying sickles on their waists, and some were carrying sticks and rakes. There were all kinds of strange things.
Alas! Zhen Fu sighed in his heart and secretly smiled bitterly. It turned out that these were the disciples recruited by Liu Yan. If he had known that this was the case, he should not have let them come!
He cleared his throat, deliberately pretending to be confused, pointed at Liu Yan, and the people behind Liu Xiu asked curiously: "Bo Sheng, who are they?"
Liu Yan once again bowed his hands and said loudly: "I am willing to do my best for you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone behind him shouted in unison: "We are willing to do our best for you!"
Haha! Zhen Fu felt dumbfounded. I still want you people to show your loyalty. What kind of hard work can you do?
He thought so in his heart, but he couldn't say it like that. He nodded with a smile and said: "Bosheng, let your brothers go to the military camp outside the city to rest!"
"Yes, sir!" Liu Yan agreed, then said with a look of embarrassment: "Sir, the brothers have been traveling all day and haven't eaten yet. Do you think you can let the brothers fill their stomachs first?"
Love, you guys didn't even prepare dry food for this journey, you're just waiting to eat mine! Zhen Fu was angry, but he couldn't say anything more, after all, he was the one who asked Liu Yan to help him.
He turned to call a captain over and said: "Peng Yuan, take these brothers to the military camp, arrange accommodation, and make sure everyone is fed and drunk!"
"Yes! Sir!" The captain named Peng Yuan intervened and saluted, and then led Liu Yan's subordinates to the military camp outside the city.
Seeing that his subordinates were all taken away, Liu Yan was not worried at all and followed Zhen Fu into the palace while talking and laughing.
It can be seen that Zhen Fu is very satisfied with the performance of the two brothers Liu Yan and Liu Xiu. Although he did not talk about serious matters, his attitude towards them is very enthusiastic.
As evening approached, Zhen Fu deliberately stayed with brothers Liu Yan and Liu Xiu to have dinner together.
During the dinner, Zhen Fu suddenly thought of something and said, "By the way, both Bo Sheng and Uncle Wen went to Yizhou to fight, right?"
Hearing that he mentioned going to Yizhou to fight, Liu Yan's heart suddenly skipped a beat and he said with a calm smile: "My two brothers just went to join the rebel army and help General Lian's capital army fight and beat the drums. "
After a pause, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "I don't know how the war in Yizhou is going now."
Zhen Fu smiled and said: "The war in Yizhou has ended long ago, and the barbarians have all fled back to the barbarian lands. General Lian has been recalled to the capital by Your Majesty, and will soon go to Luoyang to quell the rebellion."
Liu Yan and Liu Xiu looked at each other and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, even if little people like them were missing in Yizhou, Lian Dan would not send anyone to trace them.
Zhen Fu sighed softly and said: "No matter how much the barbarians make trouble, they will never be able to rise to the top. The real headache is the civil strife! Now the rebels like Red Eyebrow, Green Lin, Bronze Horse and others are becoming more and more rampant, and they are actually running around. If this group of green forest rebels who have arrived in Nanyang cannot be exterminated in time, there will be endless troubles in the future!"
As he spoke, he looked at Liu Yan and Liu Xiu happily and said, "Both of your brothers have fought in Yizhou and have experience. You two should also make more plans and efforts in countering the rebellion this time. That’s right!”
Liu Yan and Liu Xiu looked at each other, and the latter said seriously: "Don't worry, sir. Since my two brothers have come to assist you, they must do their best and work hard!"
Zhen Fu laughed loudly, clapped his hands and said, "I really like what Uncle Wen said! Haha!" After laughing for a while, he turned to look at Liu Yan and said, "I often hear people say that Bo Sheng is brave. No one can stand beside him."
As he spoke, he looked at Cen Peng who was standing aside and said with a smile: "Jun Ran, you have met your opponent this time!"
Cen Peng had no expression on his face, glanced at Liu Yan, and then bowed to Zhen Fu. Cen Peng was a man of few words. He seemed to be low-key, but in fact he was strong and aloof.
Liu Yan also looked at Cen Peng, looked him up and down, and nodded secretly. It turned out that this person was the famous Cen Peng and Cen Junran, and he was indeed powerful.
After the meal, Zhen Fu talked to Liu Yan and Liu Xiu for a while. Seeing him yawning, Liu Yan and Liu Xiu got up and left knowingly.
After the two of them left, Zhen Fu looked at Cen Peng and Lu Zhi beside him and asked, "What do you think of Liu Boxheng?"
Cen Peng didn't say anything, and Lu Zhi said: "Liu Yan, Liu Xiu appears to be loyal, but in fact he is very scheming. You should not be underestimated!"
Zhen Fu blinked, turned to look at Cen Peng, and asked, "Jun Ran, what do you think?"
Cen Peng said: "My subordinates don't care about people who have nothing to do with them."
Zhen Fu raised his head and smiled, and said slowly: "In my opinion, Bo Wen is overly worried. I think Liu Boxheng is just a martial artist, and Uncle Liu Wen is just a country boy, so there is nothing to worry about."